Adjectives of Quantity
 
 
 
ADJECTIVES OF QUANTITY

Adjectives of Quantity in English

What are Adjectives of Quantity?

"An adjective used to talk about the quantity of things is known as Adjective of Quantity. (How much / many - number)"

» There are three different sections within adjectives of number; they are -

(1) Definite Number Adjective

(2) Indefinite Number Adjective

(3) Distributive Number Adjective

Types of Adjectives of quantity or numbers:
(1) Definite Number Adjective

Those adjectives which clearly denote an exact number of nouns or the order of the noun. i.e. One, Two, Twenty, Twenty-Five etc. also known as Cardinals. First, Second, Third, fifth etc. also known as Ordinals.

Examples:
  • • A week has seven days.
  • • The spider has eight legs.
  • • She bought two pencils for the quiz.
  • • There are five mangos in the bowl.
  • • My Apartment is on the second floor.
  • • He gave the ball to the first student.
  • • He got the first position in his class.
(2) Indefinite Number Adjective

Those adjectives that do not give an exact numerical amount but just give a general idea of the amount. i.e. Some, Many, Few, Any, Several, All etc.

Examples:
  • • Renu has many books.
  • • Please give me some milk.
  • • He did not drink any milk.
  • • She gained much experience.
  • • Vivek gave me all his books.
  • • I have some chocolates for you.
  • Several boys came looking for you.
  • Many roads were damaged in the rain.
  • • The teacher pointed out several mistakes in her essay.
(3) Distributive Number Adjective

Those adjectives that are used to refer to individual nouns within the whole amount. i.e. Either, Neither, Each, Every, Another, Other etc.

Examples:
  • Either of you can do the work.
  • Either of the ways is correct.
  • Every car on the lot is for sale.
  • Every woman is beautiful in her way.
  • • A bonus was provided to each employee.
  • Neither my son nor my daughter is at home.
More usage of Adjectives

For the intermediate values we use no, little, much, enough, whole, half etc.

Examples:
  • • I have no books.
  • • The poor man has no food.
  • • He ate only half plate pasta.
  • • We do not have enough glasses.
  • • My father gave me much advice.
  • • My father earned enough money.
  • • There is enough rice in the bag.
  • • I will read this whole book today.
  • • There is a little milk in the jug.
  • • I expect little help from my friends.
  • • My milk glass is half full half empty.
  • • He showed much courage in the competition.
Related Topics :
Types of Noun in English Language
Types of Pronoun in English Language
Types of Verb in English Language
Types of Adverb in English Language
Types of Adjective in English Language
Kinds of Preposition in English Language
Types of Conjunction in English Language
Uses of Interjection words in English Language

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